With MinisterThe Bavarian academy for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management (ANL) has taken the guidance of the project as the Leadpartner and provides the technical and pedagogical basis – from more than ten years of experience with “Tiere live”: Living animals are integrated into the school lessons and are supervised by the students themselves.

Whether amphibians, snails, butterflies, hedgehogs or recently also chickens, students should experience enthusiasm in direct contact with living animals, but also overcome reservations and finally take responsibility for their charges. Guided by the monitoring folder to “Tiere live” with more than 15 animal chapters and more than 70 individual actions described in detail, a comprehensive basis is available for teachers for the concrete implementation.

The project “Tiere live” was a central contribution of Bavaria to the year of biodiversity in 2010 and was promoted together by the former Bavarian State Ministry for Environment and Health and by the Bavarian State Ministry of Education and Culture.